Blizzard president J. Allen Brack is out after sexual harassment suit, employee walkout
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the last week or so, we've learned about the state of California filing a lawsuit against Blizzard citing numerous stories of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination at the company. The revelations have been followed by even more stories of unacceptable behavior by leaders of the company, and now the president of Blizzard (who was named in the lawsuit) is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities."
Employees were informed of J. Allen Brack's departure this morning, and an announcement from Activision Blizzard says that former Vicarious Visions leader Jen Oneal and former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra are now co-leaders of the developer. A note on Blizzard.com says the two are deeply committed to all of our employees; to...